Besarabia

See also: Besarábia and Besarabią

Polish

Etymology

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Romanian Basarabiabor.

Polish Besarabia

Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ.saˈra.bja/

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• Rhymes: -abja
• Syllabification: Be‧sa‧ra‧bia

Proper noun

Besarabia f (related adjective besarabski)

1. (historical) Bessarabia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine)

Declension

Declension of Besarabia

	singular
nominative	Besarabia
genitive	Besarabii
dative	Besarabii
accusative	Besarabię
instrumental	Besarabią
locative	Besarabii
vocative	Besarabio

Derived terms

nouns

• Besarabczyk
• Besarabka

Further reading

• “Besarabia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Besarabia in PWN's encyclopedia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian Basarabia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /besaˈɾabja/ [be.saˈɾa.β̞ja]
• Rhymes: -abja
• Syllabification: Be‧sa‧ra‧bia

Proper noun

Besarabia f

1. (historical) Bessarabia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west; now divided politically between Moldova and Ukraine)